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Anger came from the fact, chris, this is the fourth time he has visited a community that has endured a tragedy that is this horrific. so i think that you heard his anger rise to the surface this evening and some words about the fact that something needs to change from his perspective. no details about how specifically he plans to move forward but certainly powerful words about the fact that he thinks more needs to be done. >> setting up for a potentially very difficult fight although again we do...

The president wants us to take a tax vote before hes willing to talk about anything else cutting or reforming, and republicans just arent going to do that. so what hes doing is setting us up to be the fall people for going over the fiscal cliff. frankly, going over the fiscal cliff is a win for the president. so either way were going to get it. >> but i dont see why thats true because -- first of all, the president has talked around what kind of cuts he wants to do in nondefense discretionary an...

In ten years of entitlements. hes talked along those lines. if he doesnt give you a definition and details by the time you go to vote, obviously you wont vote for it. whats your risk? hes got to get in the pot, too, with his part of the deal. well before the end of the year. >> yeah, i think he wins by playing the political games because -- >> what game? >> youve met -- well, the setting up -- saying that we have to take a tax vote before hes even willing to discuss anything else. >> you said he...

Not federal issues. sign the check. that is the only thing. >> bob: brought in by the governors to look at these. >> greg: i heard when he takes the podium later today he will blame the hurricane on the movie "twister" and blame the flooding on "water world" and the fire on "back draft." when he finds throughout is no electricity, he will blame it on "wall-e." >> bob: who does he blame the video on? >> greg: we dont know. who pushed the video. >> bob: are you going to volunteer anyplace? setting...

Dumping him on the sand and then slamming him against a concrete wall. >> it happened so fast, i couldnt believe it. >> strong winds and heavy rains will also continue -- >> its august 18th, 2008. tropical storm fay is sweeping through south florida. warnings are posted on tv stations up and down the coast. >> then it got nasty kicking up warnings are posted on tv stations up and down the coast. >> then it got nasty kicking up some hefty winds. >> anthony romano is part of a television news crew...

Moderate midwest guy or usually you get that. in these legislative races, in the house races, in the senate races, it becomes much, much more conservative and what you are setting up is, again, tea party members. well, actually extremes on both sides, on the democratic side, on the house side, the jerryman d jerrymandering. >> im going to give the republicans good free advice. im being completely serious. i look at ted cruz and i go, wow, thats an appealing candidate. i put next to him, i put th...

politics in washington could push america over a fiscal cliff and quite possibly into a recession if congress doesnt act. economists now say that the so-called fiscal cliff has now overtaken europe as the biggest threat to the u.s. economy. in other words, our homegrown storm has a bigger chance of causing a hurricane here than the actual hurricane thats blowing our way from europe. now ive been bee rat berating on this show to head off a series of tax increases and spending cuts manda...

wrong about chavez, and that tells you a lot. >> and he also recently awarded an apartment to a woman who became his 3 millionth twitter follower, and he is a big twitter follower. >> yes, he is wildly popular and the message is getting through to twitter again, and he did this, and he is rewarding somebody for being the 3 millionth follower. >> can you imagine if president obama or mitt romney were giving away homes on live television? >> no. >> thank you, miguel. -- captions by vitac...

Were pretty much telling the audience and the viewers how dangerous it is out here on the beach. >> while setting up, romano notices several kite surfers taking advantage of those strong winds. he admits it looks like tremendous fun. >> you know, at the time i was like, man, i would love do that. i would definitely like to try that. >> but romano never imagines that in just seconds, one of those kite surfers is about to become the story of the day. >> we saw him go up about 40 feet at least and ...

stories. hello everyone. im don lemon. youre in the cnn newsroom. were going to get you up to speed on todays headlines. former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky is under suicide watch this hour in pennsylvanias center county jail. sandusky will be sentenced in about 90 days. he had no reaction and kept a blank expression after last nights conviction on 45 counts of child sex abuse. a full update on todays developments just minutes away. and this is just in to cnn to...